River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22
WISCONSIN NEWS.

w MaNon resident of Walworth
snd noted stockbreeder. was fatally
gored by bull Thursday night.
The Winnebago Indians assembled
at Tomah Thursday to receive their an
nuity from the government.
Burglars at Springfield robbed Chas.
Quigley saloon of 200 cigars. liGUo-s.
revolver and two overcoats.
The Tomahawk Land comnapv hos
presented lot to the parents Of the .
first baby born on the town site.
ThespOultry fanciers around James
vile are talking of holding pet-stock
exhibition during the coming winter.
The workingmen of Sheboygan will
hold a mass meeting this (Thursdav)
evening. Gustav A. Rain. of Iowa.
will be the leading speaker
The Luthern church at Green Lake
was so badly wrecked during the re-
cent storm that the trustees resolved ID
rebuild upon its site.
Burglars entered the residence of the
railway station agent at Edmunds. and
robbed him of watch and $40 in
money.
An old man named Henry S. Simons
was crushed to death at St Croix Falls
by load of furniture tipping over up
on him.
Ex-Sheriff w. b. Hunt, of Prairie du
Chen, was seriously injured by falling
under a loaded wagon. One OF the
wheels passed over his abCiomen.
f. K. Bunnel marketed black bear
at Berlin that weighed $50 pounds.
BruiR had been helping himself 10 corn
on Mr.. Bunnell's place at Terrills
w. p. Miller & Co.. druggists at
Neillsyille. have failed under liabilities
amounting TO $500. Their assets about
offse. their debts.
Surveyors for the St. Paul railway
extension from Cedar Falls to Superior
are placing stakes in the Hav river val
ley, few miles south of Cumberland.
Two bears visited the apiary of d.
HoXie, west of Waupaca. and helped
themselves to the honey of several
hives.
The examination Of Thomas Bradley.
of Randolph, for an alleged murderous
assault upon an old man named Be
seminal, has been continued TO Oct. ).
A Caufman, Of GAINESVILLE. mistook
Col. w. b. Britton, who was passing
up the street. for burglar, and fired
at him. Col Britton had narrow
escape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lowell. Of Hus-
tisford, celebrated their silver wedding
on Thursday. Among the guests were
friends from Beaver Dam, Waupun,
Watertown an Oconoomwoc.
John Ellis car repairer of the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il ST. Paul Railway company,
got caught between two ears in the
yards at Beloit and received serious
injuries.
4 child of Charles Smith, residing
south of Racine, was killed by a dog
The child was asleep in box when
the dog lay down upon and smothered
it to death.
The Udell Lumber Il Wooden-ware
company, of Grand Rapids. Mich. has
selected a manufacturing site near
TOmahawk. The establishment win
employ GOO hanGs.
Horace Thral was burned TO a crisp
in deserted logging shanty in the
woods near Mrrrill, where he had taken
refuge for the night The cause of the
fire is unknown.
Contact of an electric-light wire with
telephone wire. at Oshkosh, damaged
the telephones to TIE amount of $500.
The Beckwith house narrowly escaped
destruction.
The body of a man which was found
hanging to a tree in the Town of Wau-
watOsa late Thursday afternoon was
iden titled as that ofCarl Hoffman, a
Milwaukee tailor. The suicide was A
years of age and unmarried He had
been drinking heavily.
Nancy Maria Lord, of Oshkosh, is
suing for the site of the toy factory at
Appleton and the rents thercfrOm. The
property is valued at 81 800 and the
rent amounts to 5000. Mrs Lord but
recently discovered her. title to the pre-
mires.
Ernest Clement, after marrying Miss
Nellie Hall, at Beaver Dam. started ut
once with his bride, and his mother.
by way of the Northern Pacific for
Japan, where he has an appointment at
a good salary as a teacher in a govern
ment school. A bridal tour of $4,000
miles is rarity.
Hicks & Phillips, of Oshkosh. have
sued to enforce a lien on a mill at Eagle
River. The Stewart Lumber Company
and others own the mill under mort
gage title. The action is to decide
whether the mortgage of liens hold
priority, the latter amounting 10
$4,000.
A certain travelling man has n quaint
notion. Whenever he finds bugs in the
hotel bed rooms he occupies he always
forwards samples Of them home 10 his
wife. She in turn mounts them skill
fully on cardboard and they are pre-
served for reference. The collection
has already become valuable one and
people come from quite a distance to
see il.
Senator SpoOner of Wisconsin, who
has Just returned from Europe. saws.
"The entire French nation thinks only
OfTevenge on Germany, and dreams Of
nothing but recapturing Alsacc and
Lorraine. Boulanger has lost his posi-
ton of the popular idol through too
much ilamboyancy, He made himself
a laughing-stock almost before he
reached the pinnacle of popular idol.
The Germans are as full of the war
spirit as the French, and a collision is
Inevitable in the near future
A warrant was issued BY Judge Bum
of the United Stated Court at Madison
for the arrest Of a. b. Parmenter,
Postmaster az Middleton Parmenter
was indicted on two counts By the
grand jury. The first is for the en-
bezzlement Of $500 OF Government funds.
and the second for making false returns
TO the Post.Ollice Department, by
which he has been enabled to ret
salary of 81 900 annually when the
Office should pay but $500.
Peter Joggerst. a salOonkeeper at
Wausau, died under peculiar circm-
stances, Several weeks ago a simple
minded old milkman named John
PaulsOn wounded MIN while firing at
gang of boys who were Fostering him
Joggerst, who has since been about.
and died Of = spiUal disaaae